Chapter 1

“ Ok, and be careful.” Shmi said before the com-link went silent.

Anakin took an alleyway, so that way, he stayed out of sight. Coming to a dead end, he saw a ladder. Climbing up the ladder, which led to the roof top of the building, he got on the roof and looked out over the wall of the city. He saw them: a huge invasion army of battle droids.

“ Oh my gods, it is a full on invasion force. I better get to the palace and warn Amidala and get her out of the city.” Anakin said to himself, before leaving his spot on the wall and headed for the palace.

Getting down off the roof, Anakin and made his way through the streets of the small town, going through the small forest and over to the river. As he crossed the river and staying in the woods, Anakin saw more squads of the droid army. Once Anakin left the woods, he followed the river, until he came to the wall of the palace. Then, he followed the wall, until he came to the waterfall. He found the small hole in the wall, climbed through it and that was when he saw one regiment of droids, entering the city with battle tanks.

“ Man, this is not good.” Anakin mumbled.

Keeping in the shadows and the alleyways, Anakin made it to the back wall of Palace. Looking around to make sure he was not being watched, he began tapping on the wall and a door slid open to reveal a secret entrance. Entering through door, he closed the door behind him, before following the long and dimly lit tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, there was a hidden door. Knocking on the wall twice, the hidden door opened up.

Stepping out of the hidden passage way, Anakin sneaks down the hallway. Then, he heard the footsteps of a small group of Droids coming down the hallway. Stepping behind a column, he saw the droids go by him. They were escorting their prisoners, which was the Queen and her handmaidens. Once they walked past him, he took off down the opposite direction, to see if he could find the head of security, who showed up with eight members of the security team.

“ Captain Panaka!” Anakin yelled out.

“ Anakin, what are you doing here?” Captain said, as he stopped in front of the young man.

“ I came to warn you about the huge droid army that is gathering outside the city.” Anakin said.

“ Great, I need to know which way did they go and get the Queen out of here. It seems I will have to try to find a way to get her passed all the droids.” Captain Panak said, as he looked down the hallway, but did not see anything.

“ We can try to get her out through the tunnels. They went this way, so follow me.” Anakin said, as he pointed the way the droids went.

, “ Anakin, you need to stay out of the way. You can meet us at the tunnel that leads to the courtyard, and we can make a run for the hanger bay from there.” Captain Panaka motioned for Anakin to head for the other hidden tunnel.

Anakin nodded and went to the right, while Captain Panaka and his security team went straight. Anakin got to the hidden tunnel, opened it up and stepped inside the tunnel and waited for the Captain Panaka and the Queen. Anakin was about to doze off, when the hidden door opened up and the Queen came inside the tunnel, followed by the handmaidens, the security and Captain Panaka closed the door.

“ Ani, what are you doing here? Are you supposed to be in school?” The Queen said, as she came up to Anakin.

“ Amidala. Hey, sis. Well, I was on my way, until I saw a huge droid army outside the city wall. I had to come here and get you out of here, before something really bad happens to you. Mom knows am here, so come on, lets get out of here.” Anakin gives his sister a quick hug, before grabbing her hand and tried to lead her to the courtyard.

“ Ani, I cannot leave my people. I have to say here with them.” Amidala said pulling her hand away from her brother.

“ Your Majesty, your brother is right. We need to get you out of here, and that means get you off the planet.” Captain Panaka said.

“ He is right, Your Majesty. We need to get you out of here.” Sabe said, as she begged her mistress to listen to reason.

“ Ok, but how are we going to get through the blockade?” Amidala asked.

“ We will think about that, when the times comes. First ,we need to get you to the ship.” Captain Panaka said, as he watched the Queen lower her head, because she knew that everyone was right, she needed to leave.

Anakin took his sister’s hand and led her down the tunnel, until they came to the end. Captain Panaka opened the door slowly, then stepped out of the secret passage, looking around to see that the courtyard was empty. He motioned for everyone to follow him out of the secret tunnel.

“ So far, so good. Let’s hope it stays that way.” Captain Panaka said, as he led the group out and took them closer to the hanger bay.

As they walked around the very empty courtyard, the only thing anyone could see is the sunlight that bathed the buildings that surround the courtyard. In the background, they could hear the rush of the waterfalls and bubble of the fountains. They turned a corner, and that was when they ran into the small squadron of battle droids.

“ The Queen, get her!” the droid sergeant said, looking at the small group in front of them.

“ Great!” was all Captain Panaka said, before opening fire on the droids. The small skirmish did not last long, when the droids were destroyed and the small group took off again towards the hanger bay.

They ran into a small group of droids, only this time, they gave themselves up to the droids. The droids surrounded them and Anakin was watching the leader of the droids.He noticed that the sergeant was looking up from the group and then Anakin turned his head and saw two men standing in front of them.

“ Are you Queen Amidala of Naboo?” the tall long haired man stepped forward.

“ Who are you?” Amidala asked hesitantly.

“ Ambassadors from the Supreme Chancellor. We seek an audience with you, Your Highness.” The taller man inclined his head slightly.

Before Amidala could answer him, a group of six droids showed up and began firing upon them. Like before, the small fight was over, with the droids reduced to scrap metal. Once everyone had collected the weapons, the taller man came back to the Queen.

“ Your Highness, I am Qui-Gon Jinn and my companion is Obi-Wan Kenobi. We are Jedi Knights, as well as Ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor.” The Jedi Knight Master said ,as he faced the young Queen.

“ Your negotiations seem to have failed, Ambassador.” Sabe said.

“ The negotiations never took place. We must make contact with the Republic.” Qui-Gon kept his eyes directed towards the Queen.

“ We can’t. They are blocking out all our communications.” Captain Panaka stepped forward.

“ Do you have transports?” Qui-Gon asked, as somewhere close by an alarm went off.

“ In the main hanger. It is this way.” Captain Panaka nodded in the direction they were heading for in the first place.

Once they got to the bay, they saw that there were droids all over the hanger bay. The only way to get to the ship, was fight their way to the ship. When they made it to the ship, they all boarded as quickly as possible. Once everybody was on board, the pilot blasted the ship through the hanger doors, and lifted away from the city of Theed and into the blue, sunlit sky.

In space, the cluster of Trade Federation Battleships came into view, and they were blocking their way. Explosions sounded close by and the ship rocked, as there was a near miss. Then, the running lights began to flicker, and the ship shook violently. More explosions sounded, and the craft was buffeted from side to side. After a few minutes the pilot, along with the Jedi, got them somewhat safely away. The pilot realized that their hyperdrive had been destroyed and they had to find a place close by, for them to land, so they could fix the hyperdrive. The closes place they could find was a planet called Tatooine.

It was a few minutes later, and they set a course for Tatooine. Hopefully, they can find the parts they need to fix the ship. Two hours later, the landed the ship on the remote desert planet.

“ This place is a very lonely place. I will let her Majesty know where we are” Captain Panaka said, getting up from his seat.

“ Captain, where are we?” Sabe asked, as the security Captain came into the private quarters of the Queen.

“ We are on a planet called Tatooine, but I have to tell you, this place is not safe for the Queen, because it is controlled by the Hutts.” Panaka said, as Sabe gasped.

“ I see. Ani, I want you to go with Jedi Master Jinn, and get as much info you can about this planet.” Amidala looked at her little brother.

Anakin nodded, ran out of the ship and ran up to the Jedi Master.

“ I am to go with you, the Queen’s orders.” Anakin said, as he looked up to the Jedi Master and saw that the man was not happy for him to come with him.

The only thing Qui-Gon did was nod his head and then told the young man to stay close by to him. Twenty minutes later, they walked into the town and found a small junk shop, at the other end of the town. Going inside, they saw an older man sitting behind the counter.

“ Good afternoon, can I help you?” the man asked.

“ Yes, we need parts for a J-type 327 Nubian.” Qui-Gon said.

“ I see. Let me see my inventory log and see if I have the parts.” The older man said.

“ Hey, daddy, I brought you lunch. Oh, hello.” The young girl said, coming into the room.

“ That is good. Sit it on the counter. Yes, I have some of the parts, so please follow me. Padme, please watch the shop.” The older man said, before he led Qui-Gon to the back of the shop.

Padme went behind the counter, sat down on the stool and picked up one of the parts that her father was cleaning and started cleaning it. She also watched the young man in front of her. That was when she realized, she found her soulmate. Like Padme, Anakin knew that he too found his soulmate.